List of invasive species in Japan

Invasive species include those introduced from overseas, such as the red-eared slider, as well as plants or animals introduced outside their native range within Japan (Siberian chipmunk, etc.).^[1] This is a non-exhaustive list, largely based on data from the National Institute of Environmental Studies.^[2]

Animal species

Mammals

Bos taurus (cattle) - Problematic in Tokara Islands [1]
Callosciurus erythraeus (Pallas's squirrel) - Invasive in various areas in Japan.^[3]^[4]
Callosciurus finlaysonii (Finlayson's squirrel) - Invasive in Shizuoka prefecture.^[5]
Canis familiaris (dog) [2]
Capra aegagrus (feral goat) [3]
Erinaceus amurensis (Amur hedgehog) [4]
Eutamias sibiricus (Siberian chipmunk) - Native to Hokkaido, invasive in Honshu.^[6]^[7]
Felis catus (feral cat) [5]
Macaca cyclopis (Formosan rock macaque) [6]
Macaca mulatta (rhesus macaque) [7]
Martes melampus (Japanese marten) Honshu native, invasive in Hokkaido and Sado Island [8]
Muntiacus reevesi (Reeves's muntjac) [9]
Mus musculus (house mouse) - Nationwide.^[8]
Mustela itatsi (Japanese weasel) Honshu native, invasive in Hokkaido [10]
Mustela sibirica (Siberian weasel) [11]
Myocastor coypus (coypu, nutria) - Western Japan.^[9]^[10]
Neogale vison (American mink) [12]
Nyctereutes procyonoides (raccoon dog) [13]
Ondatra zibethicus (muskrat) - Tokyo, Chiba and Saitama.^[11]
Oryctolagus cuniculus (European rabbit) [14]
Paguma larvata (masked palm civet) [15]
Procyon lotor (raccoon) [16]
Rattus norvegicus (brown rat) - Invasive on outlying islands.^[12]
Rattus rattus (black rat) - Invasive in almost all of Japan.^[13]
Sus scrofa (wild boar) on Ototojima and Okinoerabu islands[17]
Urva auropunctata (small Indian mongoose) - Okinawa and Kagoshima.^[14]^[15]

Reptiles

Anolis carolinensis (Carolina anole) [18]
Chelydra serpentina (common snapping turtle) [19]
Cuora flavomarginata (Chinese box turtle) [20]
Gekko hokouensis (Hokou gecko) native to outlying islands, invasive on mainland[21]
Hemidactylus frenatus (common house gecko) [22]
Lepidodactylus lugubris (mourning gecko) [23]
Orthriophis taeniurus (beauty rat snake) [24]
Pelodiscus sinensis (Chinese softshell turtle) [25]
Trachemys scripta elegans (red-eared slider) [26]
Protobothrops elegans (elegant pitviper) [27]
Protobothrops mucrosquamatus (brown spotted pit viper) [28]
Diploderma swinhonis (tree lizard)

Birds

Columba livia (feral pigeon)^[16]
Leiothrix lutea (red-billed leiothrix) [29]
Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl) [30]
Phasianus colchicus (common pheasant) [31]
Pycnonotus sinensis (light-vented bulbul) [32]

Fish

Acheilognathus cyanostigma (striped bitterling) [33]
Acheilognathus macropterus [34]
Acheilognathus rhombeus (kanehira) [35]
Acheilognathus typus (zenitanago) [36]
Channa argus (northern snakehead) [37]
Clarias batrachus (walking catfish)^[17]
Ctenopharyngodon idella (grass carp) [38]
Cyprinus carpio (common carp) [39]
Gambusia affinis (mosquitofish) [40]
Gambusia holbrooki (eastern mosquitofish) [41]
Ictalurus punctatus (channel catfish) [42]
Lepomis macrochirus (bluegill) [43]
Micropterus dolomieu (smallmouth bass) [44]
Micropterus salmoides (largemouth bass) [45]
Monopterus albus (Asian swamp eel) [46]
Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout) [47]
Rhodeus ocellatus (rosy bitterling) [48]
Salmo trutta (brown trout) [49]
Silurus asotus (Amur catfish) [50]
Tridentiger brevispinis (numachichibu) [51]

Invertebrates

Aculops lycopersici (tomato russet mite) [52]
Agriosphodrus dohrni [53]
Ambigolimax valentianus (threeband gardenslug) [54]
Amphibalanus amphitrite (striped barnacle) [55]
Amphibalanus improvisus (bay barnacle) [56]
Anoplolepis gracilipes (yellow crazy ant) [57]
Aromia bungii (red-necked longhorn) [58]
Bemisia tabaci (silverleaf whitefly) [59]
Blattella germanica (German cockroach) [60]
Bombus terrestris (buff-tailed bumblebee) [61]
Bugula neritina (brown bryozoan) [62]
Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (pine wood nematode) [63]
Cavelerius saccharivorus (oriental chinch bug) [64]
Chamberlinius hualinensis [65]
Coptotermes formosanus (Formosan subterranean termite) [66]
Corbicula fluminea (Asian clam) [67]
Corythucha ciliata (sycamore lace bug) [68]
Crangonyx floridanus (Florida crangonyctid) [69]
Crepidula fornicata (common slipper shell) [70]
Crepidula onyx (onyx slippersnail) [71]
Cylas formicarius (sweet potato weevil) [72]
Delta pyriforme [73]
Drosophila suzukii (spotted wing drosophila) [74]
Dryocosmus kuriphilus (chestnut gall wasp) [75]
Epilachna varivestis (Mexican bean beetle) [76]
Euglandina rosea (rosy wolfsnail) [77]
Euscepes postfasciatus (West Indian sweetpotato weevil) [78]
Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips) [79]
Globodera rostochiensis (golden nematode) [80]
Hydroides elegans [81]
Hylurgus ligniperda (red-haired pine bark beetle) [82]
Hypera postica (alfalfa weevil) [83]
Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) [84]
Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale) [85]
Latrodectus geometricus (brown widow) [86]
Latrodectus hasseltii (redback spider) [87]
Limnoperna fortunei (golden mussel) [88]
Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) [89]
Liriomyza sativae (vegetable leaf miner) [90]
Liriomyza trifolii (serpentine leafminer) [91]
Lissachatina fulica (giant African snail) [92]
Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus (rice water weevil) [93]
Monomorium pharaonis (pharaoh ant) [94]
Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mediterranean mussel) [95]
Nassarius sinarus (Nassarius snail) [96]
Nealsomyia rufella [97]
Opisthoplatia orientalis [98]
Pacifastacus leniusculus (signal crayfish) [99]
Paraglenea fortunei [100]
Parasa lepida (nettle caterpillar) [101]
Perna viridis (Asian green mussel) [102]
Pheidole megacephala (big-headed ant) [103]
Platydemus manokwari (New Guinea flatworm) [104]
Polyandrocarpa zorritensis [105]
Pomacea canaliculata (apple snail)^[18]
Potamopyrgus antipodarum (New Zealand mud snail) [106]
Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crawfish) [107]
Pyromaia tuberculata (tuberculate pear crab) [108]
Quadrastichus erythrinae (Erythrina gall wasp) [109]
Rhabdoscelus obscurus (sugarcane weevil borer) [110]
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (red palm weevil) [111]
Solenopsis geminata (fire ant) [112]
Thrips palmi (melon thrips) [113]
Trialeurodes vaporariorum (glasshouse whitefly) [114]
Unaspis yanonensis (arrowhead snow scale) [115]
Vespa velutina (Asian predatory wasp) [116]
Xyleborus volvulus [117]
Xenostrobus securis (small brown mussel) [118]

Plant species

Desmodium paniculatum^[19]

References

^ "侵入生物とは？[What is an invasive species?]". 侵入生物データベース [Invasive Species Database]. National Institute for Environmental Studies. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
^ "Home". Invasive Species of Japan. National Institute of Environmental Studies.
^ Callosciurus erythraeus subspp. National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
^ Brazil, Mark Antics of ‘shadow tail’ lead the great spring show May 16, 2010 Japan Times Retrieved July 26, 2017
^ Callosciurus finlaysonii National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
^ Tamias sibiricus subspp. National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017
^ Hooper, Rowan Siberian chipmunk September 7, 2001 Japan Times Retrieved July 28, 2017
^ Mus musculus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
^ Myocastor coypus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
^ Hooper, Rowan Nutria January 27, 2003 Japan Times Retrieved July 26, 2017
^ Ondatra zibethicus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
^ Rattus norvegicus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
^ Rattus rattus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
^ Herpestes auropunctatus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
^ Fisher, Cindy Marines defend Camp Gonsalves from encroaching mongoose July 9, 2006 Stars and Stripes Retrieved July 26, 2017
^ Rock dove/Feral pigeon National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017
^ Walking catfish National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017
^ Apple snail National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017
^ Desmodium paniculatum National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017

[1] "侵入生物とは？[What is an invasive species?]". 侵入生物データベース [Invasive Species Database]. National Institute for Environmental Studies. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

[2] "Home". Invasive Species of Japan. National Institute of Environmental Studies.

[3] Callosciurus erythraeus subspp. National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017

[4] Brazil, Mark Antics of ‘shadow tail’ lead the great spring show May 16, 2010 Japan Times Retrieved July 26, 2017

[5] Callosciurus finlaysonii National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017

[6] Tamias sibiricus subspp. National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017

[7] Hooper, Rowan Siberian chipmunk September 7, 2001 Japan Times Retrieved July 28, 2017

[8] Mus musculus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017

[9] Myocastor coypus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017

[10] Hooper, Rowan Nutria January 27, 2003 Japan Times Retrieved July 26, 2017

[11] Ondatra zibethicus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017

[12] Rattus norvegicus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017

[13] Rattus rattus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017

[14] Herpestes auropunctatus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017

[15] Fisher, Cindy Marines defend Camp Gonsalves from encroaching mongoose July 9, 2006 Stars and Stripes Retrieved July 26, 2017

[16] Rock dove/Feral pigeon National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017

[17] Walking catfish National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017

[18] Apple snail National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017

[19] Desmodium paniculatum National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017

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